Comments on: Microformats http://blog.motane.lu/2009/04/01/microformats/ Ramblings about software development Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tudor http://blog.motane.lu/2009/04/01/microformats/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Tudor Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:02:11 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=586#comment-323 As long as it's just adding some special class names to xhtml items, I don't think that users will be drawn back by this. For some reason, I can't access that BBC page, the internet connection is very "laggy". But I'll look it up and post a comment later. PS: 10x :P As long as it’s just adding some special class names to xhtml items, I don’t think that users will be drawn back by this.

For some reason, I can’t access that BBC page, the internet connection is very “laggy”. But I’ll look it up and post a comment later.

PS: 10x :P

]]> By: Ionut G. Stan http://blog.motane.lu/2009/04/01/microformats/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Ionut G. Stan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:31:51 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=586#comment-322 Oh, by the way. Nice resume you have there... Oh, by the way. Nice resume you have there…

]]> By: Ionut G. Stan http://blog.motane.lu/2009/04/01/microformats/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Ionut G. Stan Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:28:21 +0000 http://blog.motane.lu/?p=586#comment-321 Some of the microformats ideas are nice, but some are a little bit to intrusive for the actual user. For example the abbr design pattern, where one would use a title to communicate more accurate information of a given date. This is somehow annoying for a normal user and apparently for screen readers. For this and several other reasons, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2008/06/removing_microformats_from_bbc.shtml" rel="nofollow">BBC dropped microformats support</a> in June last year. Sometimes I believe we should pay more attention to the actual user and let this machine-friendly web sites in the hands of AI scientists. Some of the microformats ideas are nice, but some are a little bit to intrusive for the actual user. For example the abbr design pattern, where one would use a title to communicate more accurate information of a given date. This is somehow annoying for a normal user and apparently for screen readers.

For this and several other reasons, BBC dropped microformats support in June last year.

Sometimes I believe we should pay more attention to the actual user and let this machine-friendly web sites in the hands of AI scientists.

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